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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1168 OF 2014
[ Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No.5529 OF 2011]
Mosiruddin Munshi
Appellant(s)
versus
JUDGMENT
C. NAGAPPAN, J.
1.
Leave granted.
2.
3.
The appellant
cash. The
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Amherst Street
causing
Section
482
of
Cr.PC
for
quashing
the
said
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application under
4.
embarking
upon
an
inquiry
and
quashing
the
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168, Murari Lal Gupta Vs. Gopi Singh (2005) 13 SCC 699
and
5.
(3)
Such a power should be exercised
very sparingly. If the allegations
made in the FIR disclose commission
of an offence, the Court shall not go
beyond the same and pass an order
in favour of the accused to hold
absence of any mens rea or actus
reus.
6.
thus :
11.
The
principle
providing
for
exercise of the power by a High Court
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7.
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8.
9.
The
High
Court
has
adopted
strictly
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11. We, therefore, allow this appeal and set aside the
impugned order.
.J.
(T.S. Thakur)
J.
(C. Nagappan)
New Delhi;
May 9, 2014
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